The Training of Mobile Balancing under a Minimal Visual Cue Situation

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Abstract
This is an account of an experiment designed to test the dynamic balance ability of 60 adult males under a minimal visual cue situation. The task consisted of walking along a 12-foot beam which was 2 in. wide. The subjects were randomly divided into six groups and each group was given a different form of training. The results indicated that completely blindfold practice produced significantly better results under the minimal cue situation than either sighted or minimal cue practice. The conclusion is drawn that subjects tended to rely heavily on visual information when it was available, and the direction of attention to kinaesthetic information by blindfolding produced significantly better results. The relevance of this work to the blind with residual vision is pointed out.

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